NGC 3269
NGC 3269
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
176 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 176 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3269 as it looked roughly 176 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 3271Lenticular950,000 ly
apartNGC 3267Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartIC 2578Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3302Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3249Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2573Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3267Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartIC 2578Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3302Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3249Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2573Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).